Emil Kubek’s Mahanoy City

On June 17, 2017, Professor Nick Kupensky (Bucknell University) will lead a day-long event dedicated to the life and work of Father Emil Kubek. “Emil Kubek’s Mahanoy City” will last from 1-5 pm and will feature:

A walking tour of the sights of Mahanoy City’s West End, including St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church and Rectory, the West End Café, West Railroad Street & the Mahanoy City Lumber Company, the former locations of John Žinčak Smith’s grocery store and the American Rusyn Messenger, and St. Nicholas Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

A tour of John Smith’s mansion by its owners Michael Cheslock and Gary Senavites

Readings of Kubek’s poetry and prose in English translation by Professor Kupensky

A celebration of the Eastern-rite divine liturgy led by Father James Carroll

Sponsored by
The Emil Kubek Project
Bucknell’s Humanities Center
Mahanoy Area Historical Society
Bucknell’s Place Studies Program
St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church
The Carpatho-Rusyn Society (Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter)
The Bucknell Center for Sustainability and the Environment (BCSE)